Dr. Michael A. Williams, professor of neurology and neurological surgery at the University of Washington School of Medicine and a hydrocephalus experts, holds an example of a valve for a brain shunt ...

A new study reported that using shunt tubing impregnated with two common antibiotics is effective in preventing infection after brain surgery to relieve hydrocephalus. This simple but highly effective ...

Idiopathic normal-pressure hydrocephalus is a neurologic disorder characterized by impaired gait, balance, cognition, and bladder control in older adults. The disorder is treated with shunt surgery, ...

Dear Dr. Douma: My 50-year-old mother had a shunt put in for normal pressure hydrocephalus four years ago. She had worsening short-term memory loss and finally we insisted on more testing and they ...

Researchers at the University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, investigated theimplementation of a standardized shunt infection prevention bundle, a set of evidence-based practices termed the Calgary ...

Most people simply take ibuprofen when they get a headache. But for someone with hydrocephalus – a potentially life-threatening condition in which excess fluid builds up in the brain -- a headache can ...

Read all about the latest gym openings, healthy events, and fitness trends in our twice weekly Wellness newsletter. Normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) is a chronic neurological disorder usually ...

Researchers conducted a prospective randomized controlled clinical trial to compare a laparoscopic procedure with a mini-laparotomy for insertion of a peritoneal catheter during ventriculoperitoneal ...

Read all about the latest gym openings, healthy events, and fitness trends in our twice weekly Wellness newsletter. Normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) is a chronic neurological disorder usually ...